Knoxville Legal Blog
Sheriff’s office stonewalling jail beating victim’s lawyers?
https://www.knoxviews.com/sheriffs-office-stonewalling-jail-beating-victims-lawyers
Federal court affirms that sheriff’s employee can be sued in excessive force suit
https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/federal-court-affirms-that-sheriff-s-employee-can-be-sued/article_ab1cfa48-cfca-50f5-abfe-dd836183b7d7.html
Lawsuit by former Hamblen County jail inmate headed toward settlement
https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/lawsuit-by-former-hamblen-county-jail-inmate-headed-toward-settlement/article_b8571ef4-0fda-11e7-bf18-2b894eb4603b.html
Brutalized inmate reaches settlement with Knox County
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/brutalized-inmate-reaches-settlement-with-knox-county/51-82457228
Lance K. Baker honored in 2019 as one of Knoxville’s top DUI defense attorneys by Cityview magazine
https://cityviewmag.com/2019topattorneys/
Attorneys threaten court action if records related to KPD fatal shooting are not turned over
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/attorney-threatens-court-action-if-records-related-to-kpd-fatal-shooting-are-not-turned-over/51-e076757d-845c-4482-9b43-54857e57c489?fbclid=IwAR2cIZpyywSIZ0zMY7Q6pIfFyiZOOzO1YPJsAjFbQUjupIwhHFliJIJ3KJM
Knox County And KCSO Face $5M Lawsuit Over Treatment Of Mentally Ill Inmate
A November 2014 staff beating of a Knox County jail inmate, caught on video, is at the center of a $5 million lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in late 2015. Lance Baker, founder of , is representing Louis Flack. The suit alleges that...
Former Hamblen County inmate files $5M Civil Rights Violation Lawsuit Over Beating By Fellow Inmate
Lance Baker of The Baker Law Firm is representing Jeremy Garcia, a Knox County man who alleges he received a jailhouse beating in 2015 severe enough to cause memory loss and ongoing depression and in which he suffered multiple facial fractures. Garcia alleges that his...
Mother Files Lawsuit Against Scott County Sheriff For 2016 Jailhouse Death Of Her Son
Donna Jean Sexton-Pemberton filed a $5 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Scott County, Tennessee, and its sheriff, Ronnie Phillips, for the July 20, 2016 death of her son, Benny Shane Pemberton. Lance Baker of The Baker Law Firm, is representing Ms....
Gatlinburg 2016 Wildfire Losses Prompt Lawsuit Against National Park Service
Attorney Lance Baker, founding attorney at , is acting as co-counsel in a 148-page lawsuit suing the National Park Service for its negligence in failing to contain the Chimney Tops 2 wildfire inside the Great Smokey Mountains National Park...
